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Tasman Vario on Static
On 4/14/2011 12:53 PM, Tony wrote:
Excellent, thanks, thats what i thought but wasn't sure if there was something funny with the Tasman. Obviously they assumed that anyone flying with a nice audio vario would also have a TE probe when they wrote their manual. I have proved them wrong! btw this thread reminds me of this classic story http://www.jimforeman.com/Stories/varios.htm After yanking the TE probe out of my glider i managed to fly twice as many hours as any previous season along with two 300km+ days and get my gold badge last year. I came within 4 miles of diamond goal. Think of what you would have done if you had TE! On Apr 14, 2:46 pm, "Paul wrote: Hi Tony, Yes. Any vario (including the Tasman V2000) will work fine when connected to the TE Probe (for TE compensated static) or directly to the static port. Best Regards, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. |
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Tasman Vario on Static
On Apr 14, 4:41*pm, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 4/14/2011 12:53 PM, Tony wrote: Excellent, thanks, thats what i thought but wasn't sure if there was something funny with the Tasman. *Obviously they assumed that anyone flying with a nice audio vario would also have a TE probe when they wrote their manual. I have proved them wrong! btw this thread reminds me of this classic storyhttp://www.jimforeman.com/Stories/varios.htm After yanking the TE probe out of my glider i managed to fly twice as many hours as any previous season along with two 300km+ days and get my gold badge last year. *I came within 4 miles of diamond goal. Think of what you would have done if you had TE! On Apr 14, 2:46 pm, "Paul *wrote: Hi Tony, Yes. *Any vario (including the Tasman V2000) will work fine when connected to the TE Probe (for TE compensated static) or directly to the static port. Best Regards, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. Tony, A TE defiantly makes a difference in light weight glider, and the Johnson probe did much better for me on my 1-26 than a store bought probe did on the tail. A couple of notes, I mounted it just behind the removable rear canopy on my 1-26B, and I made it somewhat higher than Johnson did in the article to get it out of the dirty air from the cockpit. Also, mounted a permanent tube that it fits down into, so I could experiment with different lengths of TE to make sure it was in clean air. Kevin Anderson 192 |
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Tasman Vario on Static
On Apr 14, 4:56*pm, Tony wrote:
On Apr 14, 4:43*pm, kevin anderson wrote: On Apr 14, 4:41*pm, Greg Arnold wrote: On 4/14/2011 12:53 PM, Tony wrote: Excellent, thanks, thats what i thought but wasn't sure if there was something funny with the Tasman. *Obviously they assumed that anyone flying with a nice audio vario would also have a TE probe when they wrote their manual. I have proved them wrong! btw this thread reminds me of this classic storyhttp://www.jimforeman.com/Stories/varios.htm After yanking the TE probe out of my glider i managed to fly twice as many hours as any previous season along with two 300km+ days and get my gold badge last year. *I came within 4 miles of diamond goal. Think of what you would have done if you had TE! On Apr 14, 2:46 pm, "Paul *wrote: Hi Tony, Yes. *Any vario (including the Tasman V2000) will work fine when connected to the TE Probe (for TE compensated static) or directly to the static port. Best Regards, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. Tony, A TE defiantly makes a difference in light weight glider, and the Johnson probe did much better for me on my 1-26 than a store bought probe did on the tail. A couple of notes, I mounted it just behind the removable rear canopy on my 1-26B, and I made it somewhat higher than Johnson did in the article to get it out of the dirty air from the cockpit. *Also, mounted a permanent tube that it fits down into, so I could experiment with different lengths of TE to make sure it was in clean air. Kevin Anderson 192 Kevin, thanks for the data point. *I think I set the height on mine per the dick johnson article which could explain why i never noticed a big difference with it. I probably still have the tube around here somewhere. *Perhaps if I'm feeling ambitious I'll try it again. And yes, it was a Winter vario. *I never knew until now what a slow vario it was. *Although with 4 psf wing loading you often don't need a fast response vario I Hi Tony, Kicking it old school? I learned with a static vario, and last year for grins, decided to take my Winter (quick) alogrithmic vario off the TE probe and connect to the static port. I left it that way all year. It is not difficult to understand what is going on with a sailplane and the air it is going through. Thermalling as a 15 year old was not difficult without a compensated TE vario and still isn't. It was also interesting when I turned off the audio on my electric one day. The tactile sense (seat of the pants) in thermals became much more pronounced without the constant audio tones, and felt much more in tune with what the air was doing, not what my audio vario was telling me it was doing. Interesting, of course modern quick TE/Netto varios make for faster and more efficient cruising, but not necessarily a more emmersive, soaring experience. Mike |
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